[K12OSN] OOo Impress crashes with LTSP v4.2

[Huck]

John,

I'll test on my v4.2 server and see if I get the same issue...

--Huck

John Lucas wrote:
> I have run across an annoying little "gotcha" using LTSP v4.2 (updated to 
> latest via ltspadmin). Everything works as expected *except* when attempting 
> to run any slide show in OOo Impress. Using Impress to create or convert a 
> presentation works fine, you just can't view the slideshow from a diskless 
> workstation. Once the screen clears and the first slide appears, the 
> application closes. This only happens for diskless workstations running as 
> X-terminals; running the same application via VNC or via X on a stand-alone 
> (on the same server) workstation works fine.
> 
> In order to narrow the problem space, I installed LTSP v4.1 and tested the 
> same application from a diskless X-terminal works fine. This indicates to me 
> that it is something in the kernel or on the root directory of the diskless 
> terminal.
> 
> The problem seems to be either in the LTSP kernel or Xorg server supplied with 
> LTSP v4.2. 
> 
> My setup uses K12LTSP v5.0.0 (Fedora Core 5) with all updates installed and 
> LTSP updated via ltspadmin. I have tried kernel versions 2.6.17.3 and 
> 2.6.17.8 with the same results.
> 
> Has anyone run across this problem?
>